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Lecture 2:
Introduction to ANSYS Workb
Introduction to ANSYS Design
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Contents
The purpose of ANSYS Workbench
Basic use of Workbench
How to share data between applications
Working with files, and archiving and restoring projects
Performing parametric analyses
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ANSYS Workbench
ANSYS Workbench is a project-management tool. It can be considered
level interface linking all our software tools.
Workbench handles the passing of data between ANSYS Geometry / Me
Postprocessing tools.
This greatly helps project management. You do not need worry about t
files on disk (geometry, mesh etc). Graphically, you can see at-a-glance
project has been built.
Because Workbench can manage theindividual applications AND pass
data between them, it is easy to
automatically perform design studies
(parametric analyses) for designoptimisation.
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Workbench Overview
The options visible in the
Toolbox show all the
products (systems) you havelicenses for.
TIP: If this list appears empty,
you have a problem with your
licensing!
Analysis Systems
stencils that include
individual systems (a
needed for commonexample Geometry +
+ Post-Processor)
Component System
individual building-b
stage of the analysis
Design Exploration
provides tools for
optimising designs and
understanding the
parametric response.
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Basic Workflow
Dragging an Analys
the Project Schemaworkflow, comprisineeded for a typica
Workflow is from to
As each stage is comicon at the right-ha
changes
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Alternative Workflow
However, an analysis could equally well be prepared by s
individual Component Systems that are needed for this a
linking them together with connectors.
TIP: There are two ways to create the connectors betwee
1) Use the mouse to draw a line (eg A2 to B2, B3 to C2 e
2) Or, simply drop the new system on the cell of the ups
the link will be generated automatically.
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Cell States
As each stage in the model-build is completed, the state of thecell changes.
Status
Geom
opene
Statu
conve
post-
Icon Meaning
Up to Date
Refresh required. Upstream data has changed
Update required. Local data has changed
Unfulfilled. Upstream data does not exist
Attention Required
Solving
Update Failed
Update Interrupted
Changes pending (was up-to-date, but upstream data has changed)
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Sharing Data between Different SolverWorkbench can be used to transfer data between solvers. In this 1-wastructure-interaction) example, we transfer the loads from a Fluent CFD
over to a Mechanical system to perform a stress analysis
The square connector shows that
the geometry created in cell A2
(CFD model) is being shared with
cell B3 (FEA model).
The round connector sho
CFD results are being tra
Setup (input) condition t
FEA stress analysis.
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File Location on Disk
Should you need to identify the individual files on your disk for each sta
project, these can be found by enabling View > Files. The resulting tabl
reference the directory and filename with the project cells.
Filenames Directory
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Use of Archive / Restore
The workbench project comprises many files and directories. If you ne
either archive the project, or bundle it to send to us for a Technical Su
query, use the Archive tool. This generates a single zipfile of the enti
When archiving,whether to inclu
computed resul
(omitting these
small enough to
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Working with Parameters / Refresh an To make changes, you can manually open up a component cell (e.g. geometry)
Or: most Workbench applications will let you specify key quantities as a paramete
Parameter Set appears on the Project schematic.
You then need to update your model. From Workbench you can choose to then u
project, or just a single cell.
Refresh: Reads upstream data, but will not do any lengthy operation like
Update: Performs both a Refresh, AND generates the new output
1] Clicking here will let you modify th
centrally, without having to open the i
2] Update Project will then work th
component in turn (geometry > mesh
the new design point.
3] However you may want to update a
component (eg to preview the new ge
proceeding). Right-click on a individu
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Summary
ANSYS Workbench is a convenient way of managing your simulation p
Workbench is used to launch the individual software components, and
transfer data between them.
It is easy to see at-a-glace how a model has been built, and determine
were used for a particular simulation (pairing geometry files to solver
Workbench also makes it straightforward to perform parametric analy
the user needing to manually launch each application in turn), and masimulate multi-physics scenarios like fluid-structure interaction.